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Half way through February, William Shakespeare is miles
ahead in the contest for Writer of the millennium. But there
is still time for you to weigh in with your choice. Choose the
person you think is the greatest writer in the form below.
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As of 15 Feb, the front

runners are:
1. William Shakespeare
2. Jane Austen
1. William Shakespeare 3. Charles Dickens
2. Miguel Cervantes 4. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
/ Miguel Cervantes
3. Jonathan Swift
5. James Joyce
Author of many 4. Herman Melville
6. Iain Banks
novels, 5. John Keats
including High- 7. JR Tolkein
1. Dante 6. Franz Kafka
Rise, Crash and 8. Arthur C Clarke
Empire of the 2. Geoffrey Chaucer 7. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. Leo Tolstoy
Sun. 3. William 8. Joseph Heller
Shakespeare 10. Oscar Wilde
9. George Orwell
Professor 4. Miguel Cervantes 10. Aldous Huxley
emeritus at the 5. Voltaire More on Ballard's
University of 6. Jane Austen choices >>
East Anglia, he
is a prolific 7. Gustave Flaubert
writer of novels, 8. Leo Tolstoy
short stories, 9. Mark Twain
literary
criticism and 10. James Joyce
television More on Bradbury's
series. choices >>
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